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What is

Enamelling?

What is Enamelling

What is CAD Design?

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What is Diamond Mounting?

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What is Gemmology

INSIDER Trade Tips | Soldering onto Curved Surfaces

Dawn Meaden-Johnson

Jul 5, 2022
2 min

INSIDER Trade Tips | Soldering onto Curved Surfaces

Video Watch | An effective solution for precision soldering adjacent jewellery components directly onto a curved surface.

10 Tips for Jewellery Workshop Reclamation

Dawn Meaden-Johnson

Apr 13, 2021
3 min

10 Tips for Jewellery Workshop Reclamation

10 Tips for Jewellers on effective workshop practice for collecting precious metal waste to earn money from jewellery workshop reclamation

A Jewellery Designer's Guide to Cut Styles for Gemstones

Dawn Meaden-Johnson & Justin K Prim

Jan 29, 2021
13 min

A Jewellery Designer's Guide to Cut Styles for Gemstones

With coloured gemstone cutting now more decorative and elaborate you could be missing out on important design benefits, our guide provides

Why Jewellery repair work needs experienced hands

Dawn Meaden-Johnson

Jan 4, 2021
3 min

Why Jewellery repair work needs experienced hands

How to determine if you have the right skills for Jewellery Repair work.

Dawn Meaden-Johnson

Sep 20, 2020
2 min

INSIDER Trade Tips | Remote Ring Sizing

The rise of online jewellery sales has magnified the issue of remotely obtaining accurate ring sizes from customers. Jeweller Paul Gilfilla

INSIDER Trade Tips | Making Jewellery Clasps & Fittings

Dawn Meaden-Johnson

Apr 3, 2020
1 min

INSIDER Trade Tips | Making Jewellery Clasps & Fittings

...provides diagrams for Jewellers that show the patterns and sizes for some popular Jewellery clasps, fittings and findings

INSIDER TRADE TIPS | How to Anneal Fine Silver/Gold Wire

Hamish Bowie: Goldsmith

Sep 26, 2018
2 min

INSIDER TRADE TIPS | How to Anneal Fine Silver/Gold Wire

This is my tip for annealing fine silver or gold wire perfectly throughout its length without hard spots or overheated areas which will show

INSIDER Trade Tips | Identifying Platinum

Jurgen Maerz

May 14, 2017
1 min

INSIDER Trade Tips | Identifying Platinum

Jewellery Industry expert Jurgen Maerz shares this neat little trick for recognising if a piece of jewellery is Platinum or not.

INSIDER | 5 Tips to Safeguard your Jewellery Workshop

Dawn Meaden-Johnson

Nov 7, 2016
2 min

INSIDER | 5 Tips to Safeguard your Jewellery Workshop

How secure is your workshop? During busy seasonal making periods, take care not to become complacent with your security. Take a moment...

INSIDER Trade Tips : Colouring Anodised Aluminium

Dawn Meaden-Johnson

Sep 6, 2015
2 min

INSIDER Trade Tips : Colouring Anodised Aluminium

Colouring Anodised Aluminium is quite a technical process, any deviation from the correct procedure can leave you with a disappointing...

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Mar 2
5 min

Be an Ethical Jeweller - Making a Start

Information for Jewellers or small Jewellery Brands for making a start become more ethically minded when purchasing precious metals.

Jul 5, 2022
2 min

INSIDER Trade Tips | Soldering onto Curved Surfaces

Video Watch | An effective solution for precision soldering adjacent jewellery components directly onto a curved surface.

Apr 3, 2022
3 min

How to Create an Ethical Statement

Find out how to create an ethical statement for your jewellery website to supporting what your ethical commitments as a Jeweller are.

Oct 26, 2021
3 min

How to protect your Jewellery Designs (Intellectual Property)

Intellectual Property (IP) refers to anything created from thought, any kind of artistic or literary work, in real terms your creative work

Sep 23, 2021
6 min

Pricing for Success | Jewellery

Getting your pricing right is critical for Jewellers to have a successful business, our blog provides essential pricing tips to help you ass

Apr 13, 2021
3 min

10 Tips for Jewellery Workshop Reclamation

10 Tips for Jewellers on effective workshop practice for collecting precious metal waste to earn money from jewellery workshop reclamation

Mar 3, 2021
4 min

The Shape of Words: A Jeweller's Superpower

Lydia Niziblian is a contemporary jeweller who has a unique sensory relationship with the world which informs her love of texture and...

Jan 29, 2021
13 min

A Jewellery Designer's Guide to Cut Styles for Gemstones

With coloured gemstone cutting now more decorative and elaborate you could be missing out on important design benefits, our guide provides

Jan 9, 2021
4 min

New Year | Moving forward Creatively

This is an overwhelming question for many Jewellers and Creatives at the beginning of a New Year. Taking a small step into learning a new..

Jan 4, 2021
3 min

Why Jewellery repair work needs experienced hands

How to determine if you have the right skills for Jewellery Repair work.

Oct 27, 2020
3 min

New Book: Colour & Textures in Jewellery

Within this book, you will find a range of techniques and materials which can be used to bring excitement, meaning and interest to your jewe

Sep 20, 2020
2 min

INSIDER Trade Tips | Remote Ring Sizing

The rise of online jewellery sales has magnified the issue of remotely obtaining accurate ring sizes from customers. Jeweller Paul Gilfilla

Jun 23, 2020
3 min

Tips | Simple Jewellery Photography on a White Background

These four tips are tried, tested and provided to help you get started creating simple jewellery images for use on your website, social medi

Apr 16, 2020
6 min

5 Essential Tips for Creating a Brand

If you want to appeal to customers they'll be looking for branded professional messaging across the board in order to trust you and what

Apr 3, 2020
1 min

INSIDER Trade Tips | Making Jewellery Clasps & Fittings

...provides diagrams for Jewellers that show the patterns and sizes for some popular Jewellery clasps, fittings and findings

Feb 1, 2020
4 min

How to find a Retailer for your Jewellery

You are more likely to be successful in your approach to a retailer of any kind if your work fits in with the type of products they sell bec

Dec 30, 2019
3 min

How to Learn Jewellery Making

Essential tips for Jewellery beginners on the best way to get started. All you need to know from a Jeweller and Industry training consultant

Dec 8, 2019
2 min

Strategic Jewellery Design Naming : Think Sales, Exposure & Credibility

How to choose a name for a Jewellery range or project name is more important than you think if you want it to helpfully benefit the outcome

Nov 21, 2019
3 min

The Secret to Customer Loyalty

Discovering your customer's actual need to buy rather than the initial want with careful questioning will give you the best chance for a

Jul 25, 2019
3 min

The Artisan & The Fountain Pen

Why create and design writing instruments? This important choice was influenced by my experience of a traditional bench skills apprenticeshi

Jan 7, 2019
6 min

The Fascinating Life of a Master Polisher

During my years of Polishing I have looked after The Royal Family Silverware, worked on pieces belonging to Sultans and Kings from far and w

Sep 26, 2018
2 min

INSIDER TRADE TIPS | How to Anneal Fine Silver/Gold Wire

This is my tip for annealing fine silver or gold wire perfectly throughout its length without hard spots or overheated areas which will show

Feb 19, 2018
1 min

Jewellery - Tool Story

Tweezers, mine are very valuable to me, they are not just a useful tool they also belonged...

Oct 20, 2017
3 min

How to turn your Jewellery Designs into reality

If you have a sketch or concept for a jewellery design you want to make, here are some time saving tips to help you get an idea of how...

Sep 21, 2017
1 min

New Book: Tales from the Toolbox | Narrative Jewelry

I highly recommended this new book from Contemporary Goldsmith Mark Fenn: his book showcases jewelry from a wide range of exciting narrative

Jul 31, 2017
2 min

What is Chasing & Repoussé?

A decorative surface is created on sheet metal by using steel punches which are driven into or along in a linear style the surface of the sh

May 14, 2017
1 min

INSIDER Trade Tips | Identifying Platinum

Jewellery Industry expert Jurgen Maerz shares this neat little trick for recognising if a piece of jewellery is Platinum or not.

Apr 16, 2017
2 min

Face to Face | Why mentoring works

Are you making the most of your potential as a jeweller? If not a mentoring session with an experienced Jewellery professional could provide

Nov 7, 2016
2 min

INSIDER | 5 Tips to Safeguard your Jewellery Workshop

How secure is your workshop? During busy seasonal making periods, take care not to become complacent with your security. Take a moment...

Oct 13, 2016
2 min

An Intriguing Idea for October

For this blog I thought I would share my own design process on an unusual project. Working to Gallery deadlines is tough I am completely...

Sep 11, 2016
1 min

How much does a 3D Printing course cost?

You should pay according to the expertise of the tutor, to be the best you should learn from the best if possible. Learning from someone...

Jul 15, 2016
2 min

Jewellery Making | Hand-skills or CAD?

Tips for deciding to use tradition or technology for making jewellery.

Jun 12, 2016
2 min

Enterprising or Apathetic - How does your creative business rate?

When you are working hard in your creative businesses, generating designs, new product development or making for shows, exhibitions and...

May 15, 2016
1 min

Enamelling for Jewellery

Q What is Enamelling? Enamelling is the art of applying richly coloured powdered glass to the surface of metal and firing with heat...

May 1, 2016
1 min

Get Stonesetting 'Tips of the Trade'

Getting practical help with troublesome stonesetting issues can be difficult for makers working alone, however but help is now at hand....

Apr 26, 2016
4 min

How to be a Jewellery Designer

Having great product design is just the start of your journey, these tips answer important questions for your jewellery making dreams.

Apr 22, 2016
2 min

Hand-in-Hand: Tradition & Innovation?

Innovative technology now available in the jewellery industry can benefit jewellers very successfully when used alongside traditional...

Dec 10, 2015
4 min

Are you Customer Service Savvy?

Customer satisfaction is critical to the success of your creative business, because understanding and adapting to the needs of customers...

Sep 26, 2015
1 min

What is Mokume Gane?

Mokume Gane' is the ancient Japanese silversmithing technique of layering or laminating different coloured metals together permanently to...

Sep 6, 2015
2 min

INSIDER Trade Tips : Colouring Anodised Aluminium

Colouring Anodised Aluminium is quite a technical process, any deviation from the correct procedure can leave you with a disappointing...

Aug 15, 2015
1 min

What is Laser Marking/Engraving?

Laser Marking is sometimes referred to as Laser Engraving which uses the power of a laser. The laser beam laser beam precisely alters the...

Jul 26, 2015
1 min

What is Polymer Clay?

This clay like material is a useful and interesting choice for any Jeweller to consider for as an additive material for a contemporary...

Jul 12, 2015
1 min

INSIDER Trade Tips : Polishing Platinum

The properties of Platinum can make it a very difficult metal to polish, trade polisher Stephen M Goldsmith shares this quick tip with...

Jun 24, 2015
2 min

INSIDER Trade Tips : Burnishing

What is Burnishing? Hand Burnishing jewellery or silverware creates a polished finish using the friction created by continuously pressing...

Jun 4, 2015
1 min

What is a Gravermax?

The useful bit of kit is used by hand engravers and stonesetters to take the strain out of working metal by force of hand. I have had a...

Apr 26, 2015
2 min

Source of Inspiration?

Where does your source of inspiration come from? For me contemporary architecture is a rich source of three dimensional design. My...

Apr 15, 2015
1 min

What is Keum Boo?

Keum Boo (also known as Kum-Boo) is the ancient Korean jewellery technique of richly surface embellishing precious metals with 24ct gold...

Feb 11, 2015
2 min

What is CAD?

CAD is Computer Aided Design. Designing with CAD can help you develop and adapt your design work with ease and be used as part of quick,...

Jan 28, 2015
1 min

What is Diamond Mounting?

Q If Diamond mounting is not about mounting or setting diamonds into jewellery - then what is this technique? Diamond Mounting is the...

Jan 20, 2015
2 min

One-to-One; A better way to learn?

Seeing a Jewellery Industry professional practise their expertise and skills in their workshop environment could give you the best...

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Jewellery Blog & Resources

Free Resources | Tips of the Trade Interviews | Jewellery Business Tips Little Gems of information for everyone creating Jewellery

Complete Blog Post List

Buying an open date

Ask us about

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FOLLOW US

The COVID Pandemic & keeping you safe

When you visit the workshops of our tutors for a course please be reassured they are following Public Heath England Guidelines to keep you safe. If you would like more details please read our student information sheet

Free Resources | Tips of the Trade
Interviews | Jewellery Business Tips

Little Gems of information for everyone creating Jewellery

When you visit the workshops of our tutors for a course please be reassured they are following Public Heath England Guidelines to keep you safe.

If you would like more details please read our student information sheet